(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Go Il-hwan = This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the hit song ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You‘, which made pop star Mariah Carey the ‘Queen of Christmas‘.
The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 2nd (local time) that Carey will go on tour starting on the 6th ahead of Christmas.
On the first day of November, Carrie posted “It’s Time!!!” on her Instagram account and announced the return of the queen.
The 21-day tour will mainly feature Christmas-related songs, including ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’, released by Carey in 1994.
‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ is considered one of the most broadcast songs on the planet every year during the Christmas season.
In 2019, it reached the top of Billboard’s main single ranking ‘Hot 100’ 25 years after its release.
Of course, this song has been extremely popular since its release.
Although it did not take first place, sales of the album ‘Merry Christmas’ containing this song reached 18 million copies.
Additionally, Carey’s Christmas anthem remained popular even before it rocketed to the top of the charts in 2019.
Carrie’s song stayed on the Hot 100 chart for 65 weeks. This is the record for staying on the single chart for the longest period of time across all genres, including R&B and rock.
In particular, it was included in the worldwide hit Christmas movie ‘Love Actually’ in 2003, and has become familiar to the younger generation since the 1990s.
The number of times it has been remade by other artists so far exceeds 400.
The melody of this song was created by Brazilian composer Walter Afanasieeff, but the lyrics were written by Carey himself.
‘I don’t ask for much as a Christmas present. Carrie explains that the lyrics, ‘All I need is you’, are about an experience from an unhappy childhood.
Regarding the fact that this song, released 30 years ago, is still popular, Carrie said, “There are fans who have been listening to my song since July, and I am so grateful,” and added, “I want to continue performing Christmas performances in the future.”
Meanwhile, Carrie was embroiled in controversy in 2022 when she sought to register a trademark for the title ‘Queen of Christmas.’
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